Liberal Democrats

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Liberal Democrats



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Nick Clegg -Liberal Democrat Leader and Deputy Prime Minister

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Liberal Democrat MP and Party President


Foreign policy
  • End nuclear armaments
  • Remove trident program in 2024
  • Allow troops in Afghanistan as a NATO force
  • Create timeline for withdrawal from Afghanistan

European Union
  • Fully supports and wants Britain to take a leading role in the E.U.
  • Believes that if Britain is to be a leading power again they must have a strong role in the affairs of European politics

Economic Crisis
  • Simplifying tax code
  • Taxing the wealthy
  • Reduce government spending

Healthcare
  • Opposes increase in funding for NHS
  • Scrap central targets
  • Opposes cigarette ads in stores

Immigration
  • Ended the practice of child detention for immigration
  • Will allow movement into country
    • Direct immigrants to under-populated areas

Education
  • Raise the minimum that students start paying debts
  • Push seven billion pounds into education
  • Cut class sizes
  • Oppose the target of 50 % HS grad entering higher education
  • Against compulsory education until 18

Environment
  • Reduce carbon emission by 40% of 1990 levels by 2020
  • Reduce emission by 30% by 2020 in EU
  • Strongly believe human activity has caused climate change

Democracy
  • Supports devolution for territories but strongly opposes devolution to major cities such as London.
  • Support power at the local level
  • Against having power gathered in one place
  • Seem to favor a federal government